Profiles: Waterways people
Interview with... Michael Fenton
Paint it Black
Keelblack has been heralded as a faster, cleaner and longer-lasting boat blacking alternative. Michael Fenton is owner and MD of the parent company, Tuffblack.
“Always take that telephone call, talk to everyone,” says Michael Fenton, MD of Tuffblack. “All of the interesting opportunities I have encountered over the years have been as a result of a casual conversation.”
Interview with... Rebecca Falder
WN chats to Rebecca Falder – HMG Paints’ fourth-generation family business member – about joining her relatives in the workplace and supporting her peers through local and national networks
What’s your role at HMG Paints?
My current role is a bit of a mixed bag. I’m based in the accounts department but I also do a lot of project management, looking at key aspects of the business that could be improved. I’m involved in peer networks too.
Five minutes with... Matt Ashmall
The newest member of Promarine Finance’s senior management team reflects on 30 years in the marine finance industry
Tell us a bit about your career and how you first got into marine finance
Around the time that I left school, my father was made redundant and he was offered a job by a friend of his who owned a local finance company. Dad decided not to take the job and I was offered an interview, which resulted in a job that I’ve stuck with ever since.
